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Aid workers question effectiveness of U.N. Syria aid

Source: Reuters - Tue, 13 May 2014 07:00 AM

Author: Reuters

  • Aid workers frustrated over weak U.N. coordination

  • Questions over whether aid reaching those who need it most

  • More than nine million people need aid in Syria

By Dasha Afanasieva

GAZIANTEP, Turkey, May 13 (Reuters) - Seven weeks after U.N. aid trucks crossed from Turkey into Syria for the first time, aid workers and officials in this southern Turkish humanitarian hub still have no idea exactly where the supplies ended up.

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